Human Voices Now

Monday, September 7, 2009

Acid Ocean SOS - Commercial fishermen and other mariners join together to send an urgent message to save the oceans from ocean acidification caused by fossil fuel emissions in Homer, Alaska, on September 6, 2009. Over a hundred boats and hundreds of members of the fishing community participated in the event. Photo by Lou Dematteis/Spectral Q/Handout

Acid Ocean SOS - Commercial fishermen and other mariners join together to send an urgent message to save the oceans from ocean acidification caused by fossil fuel emissions in Homer, Alaska, on September 6, 2009. Over a hundred boats and hundreds of members of the fishing community participated in the event. Photo by Lou Dematteis/Spectral Q/Handout

Acid Ocean SOSCaption: Commercial fishermen and other mariners join together to send an urgent message to save the oceans from ocean acidification caused by fossil fuel emissions in Homer, Alaska, on September 6, 2009. Over a hundred boats and hundreds of members of the fishing community participated in the event. Photo by Hannah Baechler / Spectral Q / Handout

Acid Ocean SOSCaption: Commercial fishermen and other mariners join together to send an urgent message to save the oceans from ocean acidification caused by fossil fuel emissions in Homer, Alaska, on September 6, 2009. Over a hundred boats and hundreds of members of the fishing community participated in the event. Photo by John Quigley / Spectral Q / Handout

Acid Ocean SOSCaption: Commercial fishermen and other mariners join together to send an urgent message to save the oceans from ocean acidification caused by fossil fuel emissions in Homer, Alaska, on September 6, 2009. Over a hundred boats and hundreds of members of the fishing community participated in the event. Photo by John Quigley / Spectral Q / Handout

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Climate activists at UN talks in Germany urge President Obama and world leaders to strengthen their commitment to fight global warming. Scientists worry that current U.S. proposals for the next international treaty fall short of what is needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Photo credit: Robert van Waarden / Spectral Q

Climate activists at UN talks in Germany urge President Obama and world leaders to strengthen their commitment to fight global warming. Scientists worry that current U.S. proposals for the next international treaty fall short of what is needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Photo credit: Robert van Waarden / Spectral Q

Climate activists at UN talks in Germany urge President Obama and world leaders to strengthen their commitment to fight global warming. Scientists worry that current U.S. proposals for the next international treaty fall short of what is needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Photo credit: Robert van Waarden / Spectral Q

Climate activists at UN talks in Germany urge President Obama and world leaders to strengthen their commitment to fight global warming. Scientists worry that current U.S. proposals for the next international treaty fall short of what is needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Photo credit: Robert van Waarden / Spectral Q

Climate activists at UN talks in Germany urge President Obama and world leaders to strengthen their commitment to fight global warming. Scientists worry that current U.S. proposals for the next international treaty fall short of what is needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Photo credit: Robert van Waarden / Spectral Q

Voices for the Ocean

Alaska Marine Conservation Council

The Human Voices Now campaign is a grassroots initiative that will pressure and support leaders in making courageous decisions to aggressively address global climate change. The campaign will rally well-known artists in all disciplines to raise their voices for urgent action and will feature the unique medium of human aerial artwork where communities gather together to send powerful unified messages with their bodies.The images and stories generated by the campaign will be showcased and amplified on www.HumanVoicesNow.com (.org), culminating at the COP15 Climate Talks in Copenhagen in December 2009.